2006–07 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2006–07 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Paul Le Guen (until 4 January) Ian Durrant Walter Smith (from 10 January)
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League	2nd P38 W21 D9 L8 F61 A32
Scottish Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd (20) All: Kris Boyd (26)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was the 126th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006–07 season. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005-06 season, and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season. Murray predicted a fruitful reign under Le Guen, describing his capture as "a massive moonbeam of success" for the club and promising, "we’ve got big plans." He announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer JJB Sports.

Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one-year contract after a short trial period with the club.

Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2-0 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on July 9 for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4-0 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2-0 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2-0 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1-0 and drew 1-1 respectively. The SPL opening day on July 30 proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen and Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2-1 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Prso. In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2-2 draw by Dundee United, and were forced to come back from 2 goals down.

On August 9, Fernando Ricksen went to Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on August 23. On August 11 Rangers signed Manchester United's 19 year old winger Lee R. Martin on loan for a season. Rangers also recruited the services of Austrian Vienna defender Saša Papac while Marvin Andrews, Olivier Bernard, Robert Malcolm and Hamed Namouchi all departed.

By mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full 15 points behind leaders Celtic. Sporadic wins were mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. Rangers did, however, start promisingly in the UEFA Cup, going on to become the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in its three-year history. Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in January 2006, Le Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.

On January 4, 2007 Paul Le Guen left Rangers by mutual consent. This made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge

They entered the season under new management with Paul Le Guen having replaced Alex McLeish. The wave of expectation that was created by Le Guen’s appointment was immense and he quickly went about building his own team. In the summer of 2006 he made eleven signings (of them only Saša Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen's signings including Filip Šebo, Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi but they simply did not perform, while Jérémy Clément was to be in Glasgow for only six months.

At the start of the season it had appeared that Murray had brought one of Europe's most talented young coaches to Ibrox, but unfortunately the Frenchman could not repeat his previous successes. Inconsistent form from the start in the league saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race as early as October and they suffered the disappointment of going out of the League Cup at home to First Division side St Johnstone, losing 2-0. Le Guen left the club by mutual consent on 4 January 2007 and was replaced by Walter Smith, who began his second spell as manager of the club.

Immediately Smith began an overhaul at the club. He deemed the defence to be the main reason for Rangers poor season. The signings of defenders David Weir and Ugo Ehiogu soon followed, along with young midfielder Kevin Thomson from Hibernian. The side’s form picked up and they ended the season in second place in the Scottish Premier League and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.

In the Scottish Cup Rangers were beaten 3-2 to Dunfermline Athletic, in caretaker manager Ian Durrant's first and only game in charge.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Stefan Klos	35	1998	298	0	2007	£0.7m
2	DF		Fernando Ricksen	30	2000	254	20	2009	£3.75m	left on 28 November
2	DF		Andy Webster	25	2008	0	0	2007	Loan
3	DF		Olivier Bernard	26	2005	15	0	2007	Free	left on 31 August
3	DF		David Weir	37	2007	18	1	2007	Free
4	MF		Thomas Buffel	26	2005	81	16	2009	£2.3m
5	DF		Marvin Andrews	30	2004	68	8	2007	Free	left on 31 August
5	DF		Saša Papac	27	2006	23	0	2009	£0.45m
6	MF		Barry Ferguson (captain)	29	2005	342	50	2010	£4.5m
7	MF		Brahim Hemdani	29	2005	73	2	2009	Free
8	MF		Jérémy Clément	22	2006	23	0	2009	£1.1m	left on 25 January
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	22	2007	12	0	2011	£2m
9	FW		Dado Pršo	32	2004	124	37	2007	Free
10	FW		Nacho Novo	28	2004	139	38	2008	£0.45m
11	MF		Gavin Rae	29	2004	39	3	2007	£0.25m
12	DF		Robert Malcolm	25	1997	115	3	2009	Youth system	left on 31 August
12	DF		Ugo Ehiogu	34	2007	11	1	2008	Free
14	MF		Libor Sionko	30	2006	24	3	2009	Free
15	FW		Kris Boyd	23	2005	65	46	2010	£0.4m
16	DF		Phil Bardsley	21	2006	7	1	2006	Loan	left on 29 December
17	MF		Chris Burke	23	2000	108	10	2009	Youth system
18	DF		Ian Murray	26	2005	60	0	2008	Free
19	DF		Karl Svensson	23	2006	28	0	2009	£0.6m
20	DF		Alan Hutton	22	2000	91	3	2007	Youth system
21	GK		Lionel Letizi	34	2006	8	0	2008	Free	left on 30 January
22	GK		Allan McGregor	25	1998	53	0	2009	Youth system
23	FW		Filip Šebo	23	2006	33	2	2010	£1.8m
24	DF		José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan	31	2005	10	1	2008	Free	left on 31 August
25	MF		Charlie Adam	21	2003	46	14	2009	Youth system
26	DF		Steven Smith	21	2002	49	1	2010	Youth system
27	DF		Julien Rodriguez	28	2005	49	1	2009	£1m	left on 11 January
29	FW		William Stanger	21	2006	1	0	2008	Free	left on 8 February
30	MF		Makhtar N'Diaye	25	2006	3	0	2007	Free
31	MF		Hamed Namouchi	22	2003	51	6	2008	Free	left on 31 August
32	MF		Lee Martin	19	2006	10	0	2006	Loan	left on 29 December
41	DF		Alan Lowing	19	2005	5	0	2008	Youth system
42	FW		Steven Lennon	19	2005	3	0		Youth system
59	MF		Andrew Shinnie	17	2006	2	0		Youth system

• Last updated: 20 May 2007
• Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)

• Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
47	MF		Dean Furman	17	Chelsea	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[1]
14	MF		Libor Sionko	29	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2009	Free	[2]
29	FW		William Stanger	20	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[3]
28	DF		Antoine Ponroy	20	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[3]
19	DF		Karl Svensson	22	IFK Göteborg	Transfer	Summer	2009	£0.6m	[4]
21	GK		Lionel Letizi	33	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[5]
8	MF		Jérémy Clément	21	Lyon	Transfer	Summer	2009	£1.1m	[6]
30	MF		Makhtar N'Diaye	24	Yverdon-Sport	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[7]
45	FW		Rory Loy	18	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2008	£0.025m	[8]
23	FW		Filip Šebo	22	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2010	£1.85m	[9]
32	MF		Lee Martin	19	Manchester United	Loan	Summer	2007	n/a	[10]
16	DF		Phil Bardsley	21	Manchester United	Loan	Summer	2007	n/a	[11]
5	DF		Saša Papac	22	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2009	£0.45m	[12]
2	DF		Andy Webster	24	Wigan Athletic	Loan	Winter	2007	n/a	[13]
3	DF		David Weir	36	Everton	Transfer	Winter	2007	Free	[14]
12	DF		Ugo Ehiogu	34	Middlesbrough	Transfer	Winter	2008	Free	[15]
	FW		Adda Djeziri	18	Frem	Loan	Winter	2007	n/a	[16]
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	22	Hibernian	Transfer	Winter	2011	£2m	[17]

Last updated: 30 January 2007
Total spending: £6.025m

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
14	DF		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	26	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[18]
26	MF		Peter Løvenkrands	26	Schalke 04	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[19]
8	MF		Alex Rae	36	Dundee	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[20]
37	DF		Gary MacKenzie	20	Dundee	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[21]
25	GK		Ronald Waterreus	35	AZ	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[22]
32	DF		Brian McLean	21	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
33	MF		Marc Kalenga	21	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
40	MF		Graeme Watson	20	Airdrie United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
46	FW		John Johnston	19	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
53	FW		Jason Crooks	18	Ross County	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
57	FW		Craig Frizzel	18	Ross County	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
44	FW		Ross McCormack	19	Motherwell	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
40	MF		Dany N'Guessan	18	Boston United	Loan	Summer	n/a	[23]
2	DF		Fernando Ricksen	30	Zenit St. Petersburg	Loan	Summer	n/a	[25]
33	FW		Bob Davidson	20	Boston United	Loan	Summer	n/a	[23]
31	MF		Hamed Namouchi	22	Lorient	Transfer	Summer	£0.5m	[26]
12	DF		Robert Malcolm	25	Free agent	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[27]
3	DF		Olivier Bernard	26	Free agent	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[27]
24	DF		José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan	31	Free agent	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[27]
5	DF		Marvin Andrews	30	Free agent	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[27]
2	DF		Fernando Ricksen	30	Zenit St. Petersburg	Transfer	n/a	£1m	[28]
32	MF		Lee Martin	19	Manchester United	Loan return	n/a	n/a	[29]
16	DF		Phil Bardsley	21	Manchester United	Loan return	n/a	n/a	[29]
39	FW		Moses Ashikodi	20	Watford	Transfer	Winter	Nominal	[30]
27	DF		Julien Rodriguez	28	Marseille	Transfer	Winter	Free	[31]
33	FW		Bob Davidson	20	Dundee	Transfer	Winter	Free	[32]
35	FW		Derek Carcary	20	Raith Rovers	Transfer	Winter	Free	[33]
40	MF		Dany N'Guessan	19	Lincoln City	Transfer	Winter	Free	[34]
8	MF		Jérémy Clément	22	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Winter	£1.8m	[35]
21	GK		Lionel Letizi	33	Free agent	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a	[36]
29	FW		William Stanger	21	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[37]
37	MF		Brian Gilmour	19	Clyde	Loan	n/a	n/a	[38]

Last updated: 9 February 2007
Total spending: £3.3m

Squad statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stefan Klos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
2	DF		Andy Webster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		David Weir	18	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	MF		Thomas Buffel	25	4	9+8	3	0+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	1
5	DF		Saša Papac	23	0	19+2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	40	7	31+1	4	1	0	0	0	7	3
7	MF		Brahim Hemdani	48	2	36	1	1	0	2	0	9	1
8	MF		Jérémy Clément	22	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Kevin Thomson (from January)	12	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW		Dado Pršo	36	4	23+5	4	0	0	0+1	0	2+5	0
10	FW		Nacho Novo	38	8	22+6	5	1	0	2	0	6+1	3
11	MF		Gavin Rae	20	1	3+7	1	1	0	2	0	4+3	0
12	DF		Ugo Ehiogu	11	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Libor Sionko	23	3	14+4	3	0	0	1	0	2+2	0
15	FW		Kris Boyd	43	25	25+7	20	1	2	2	1	7+1	2
16	DF		Phil Bardsley	7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Chris Burke	29	2	10+12	2	0+1	0	1	0	3+2	0
18	DF		Ian Murray	18	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
19	DF		Karl Svensson	27	0	20+1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
20	DF		Alan Hutton	43	2	32+1	1	1	0	2	0	7	1
21	GK		Lionel Letizi	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK		Allan McGregor	41	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
23	FW		Filip Šebo	32	2	4+20	2	0	0	1+1	0	2+4	0
25	MF		Charlie Adam	42	14	32	11	1	0	1+1	0	5+2	3
26	DF		Steven Smith	24	1	17	1	0	0	2	0	5	0
27	DF		Julien Rodriguez	18	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
29	FW		William Stanger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	MF		Makhtar N'Diaye	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
32	MF		Lee Martin	10	0	4+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	1	0
41	DF		Alan Lowing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	FW		Steven Lennon	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF		Andrew Shinnie	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorer

N	P	Nat.	Name	SPL	SC	SLC	E	Total
15	CF		Kris Boyd	20	2	1	3	26
11	LM		Charlie Adam	11			3	14
10	FW		Nacho Novo	5			4	9
4	AM		Thomas Buffel	3			1	4
9	CF		Dado Pršo	4				4
14	RW		Libor Sionko	3				3
7	CM		Brahim Hemdani	1			1	2
17	RW		Chris Burke	2				2
20	RB		Alan Hutton	1			1	2
23	CF		Filip Šebo	2				2
12	CB		Ugo Ehiogu	1				1
11	CM		Gavin Rae	1				1
16	RB		Phil Bardsley	1				1
26	LB		Steven Smith	1				1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	YC		RC
3	DF		David Weir	2
4	MF		Thomas Buffel	1
5	DF		Saša Papac	2
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	8
7	MF		Brahim Hemdani	1
8	MF		Jérémy Clément	5
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	1
9	FW		Dado Pršo	6		1
10	FW		Nacho Novo	11
11	MF		Gavin Rae	1
12	DF		Ugo Ehiogu	1
15	FW		Kris Boyd	6
16	DF		Phil Bardsley	2	1
17	MF		Chris Burke	3
18	DF		Ian Murray	3
19	DF		Karl Svensson	1
20	DF		Alan Hutton	11
22	GK		Allan McGregor	1		1
23	FW		Filip Šebo	2
25	MF		Charlie Adam	7
26	DF		Steven Smith	6
27	DF		Julien Rodriguez	2
32	MF		Lee Martin	1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors Position Staff Chairman David Murray Chief executive Martin Bain Finance director David Jolliffe (until 23 May)[39] Donald McIntyre (from 12 June)[39] Non-executive director John Greig Non-executive director Alastair Johnston Non-executive director John McClelland Non-executive director Dave King Non-executive director Donald Wilson Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff Position Staff Manager Paul Le Guen (until 4 January)[40] Ian Durrant (from 4 January) (until 10 January) Walter Smith (from 10 January) Assistant manager Yves Colleu (until 4 January)[40] Ally McCoist (from 10 January) First-team coach Kenny McDowall (from 10 January) Fitness coach Stephane Wiertelak (until 4 January)[40] Adam Owen (from March) Goalkeepers coach Billy Thomson Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff Position Staff Head of Football administration Andrew Dickson Physiotherapist Joel Le Hir (until 4 January) Davie Henderson Doctor Dr Ian McGuiness (until 9 January) Dr Paul Jackson Chief scout Ewan Chester (from 4 May) Massuer David Lavery Kit controller Jimmy Bell Video analyst Steve Harvey Source: Wikipedia article

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	30 July 2006	Scottish Premier League	1	A	Motherwell	2 – 1
2	5 August 2006	Scottish Premier League	2	H	Dundee United	2 – 2
3	13 August 2006	Scottish Premier League	3	A	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1
4	19 August 2006	Scottish Premier League	4	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0
5	27 August 2006	Scottish Premier League	5	A	Kilmarnock	2 – 2
6	9 September 2006	Scottish Premier League	6	H	Falkirk	4 – 0
8	17 September 2006	Scottish Premier League	7	A	Hibernian	1 – 2
10	23 September 2006	Scottish Premier League	8	A	Celtic	0 – 2
12	1 October 2006	Scottish Premier League	9	H	Aberdeen	1 – 0
13	14 October 2006	Scottish Premier League	10	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 1
15	22 October 2006	Scottish Premier League	11	A	St Mirren	3 – 2
16	28 October 2006	Scottish Premier League	12	H	Motherwell	1 – 1
18	5 November 2006	Scottish Premier League	13	A	Dundee United	1 – 2
20	11 November 2006	Scottish Premier League	14	H	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0
21	19 November 2006	Scottish Premier League	15	A	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0
23	26 November 2006	Scottish Premier League	16	H	Kilmarnock	3 – 0
24	3 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	17	A	Falkirk	0 – 1
25	9 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	18	H	Hibernian	3 – 0
27	17 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	19	H	Celtic	1 – 1
28	23 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	20	A	Aberdeen	2 – 1
29	27 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	21	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 2
30	30 December 2006	Scottish Premier League	22	H	St Mirren	1 – 1
31	2 January 2007	Scottish Premier League	23	A	Motherwell	1 – 0
33	13 January 2007	Scottish Premier League	24	H	Dundee United	5 – 0
34	21 January 2007	Scottish Premier League	25	A	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0
35	27 January 2007	Scottish Premier League	26	A	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 0
36	11 February 2007	Scottish Premier League	27	A	Kilmarnock	3 – 1
38	18 February 2007	Scottish Premier League	28	H	Falkirk	2 – 1
40	4 March 2007	Scottish Premier League	29	A	Hibernian	2 – 0
42	11 March 2007	Scottish Premier League	30	A	Celtic	1 – 0
44	17 March 2007	Scottish Premier League	31	H	Aberdeen	3 – 0
45	31 March 2007	Scottish Premier League	32	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 1
46	8 April 2007	Scottish Premier League	33	A	St Mirren	1 – 0
47	21 April 2007	Scottish Premier League	34	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1
48	28 April 2007	Scottish Premier League	35	A	Hibernian	3 – 3
49	5 May 2007	Scottish Premier League	36	H	Celtic	2 – 0
50	13 May 2007	Scottish Premier League	37	H	Kilmarnock	0 – 1
51	20 May 2007	Scottish Premier League	38	A	Aberdeen	0 – 2

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
7	14 September 2006	UEFA Cup	1	A	Molde	0 – 0
11	28 September 2006	UEFA Cup	1	H	Molde	2 – 0
14	19 October 2006	UEFA Cup	GS	A	Livorno	3 – 2
17	2 November 2006	UEFA Cup	GS	H	Maccabi Haifa	2 – 0
22	23 November 2006	UEFA Cup	GS	A	Auxerre	2 – 2
26	14 December 2006	UEFA Cup	GS	H	Partizan	1 – 0
37	14 February 2007	UEFA Cup	3	A	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 2
39	22 February 2007	UEFA Cup	3	H	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4 – 0
41	8 March 2007	UEFA Cup	4	H	Osasuna	1 – 1
43	14 March 2007	UEFA Cup	4	A	Osasuna	0 – 1

Last updated: 14 March 2007
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
32	7 January 2007	Scottish Cup	3	A	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 3

Last updated: 7 January 2007
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
9	20 September 2006	League Cup	3	A	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0
19	8 November 2006	League Cup	QF	H	St Johnstone	0 – 2

Last updated: 8 November 2006
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	6 July 2006	Friendly		A	Linfield	2 – 0
2	11 July 2006	Friendly		A	Jomo Select	4 – 0
3	14 July 2006	Friendly		AR	Jomo Cosmos	2 – 0
4	16 July 2006	Friendly		AR	Mamelodi Sundowns	0 – 2
5	22 July 2006	Friendly		H	Middlesbrough	1 – 0
6	1 August 2006	Friendly		A	Dundee	1 – 0
7	23 August 2006	Friendly		H	Zenit St. Petersburg	1 – 4
8	23 May 2007	Friendly		A	LA Galaxy	1 – 0

Last updated: 23 May 2007
Source:
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	2nd	30 July	20 May
UEFA Cup	1st Round	—	Round of 16	14 September	14 March
League Cup	3rd Round	—	Quarter-finals	20 September	8 November
Scottish Cup	3rd Round	—	3rd Round	7 January

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	84	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	56	37	+19	65	2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	47	35	+12	61

Updated to games played on 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72	11	6	2	35	10	+25	10	3	6	26	22	+4

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 +0 5 Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 +0 4 Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1

Updated to games played on 14 March 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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